News from the Italian Parks: Piedmont

(Vogogna, 06 Mag 24) Following the many requests we have been receiving for months from the Park Authority, we are glad to announce that three excursions to the Milan Cathedral's Cava Madre in Candoglia di Mergozzo have been organised even this year. The first date is set for Thursday 27 June, when you will climb ...

(Vogogna, 19 Apr 24) Some articles have been published about fishing, which might have led people to believe that this activity, in the Toce stretches, could be carried out in the same way as before the expansion: this is not the case. One of the main aims of the Val Grande National Park is to preserve biodiversity, and...

(Vogogna, 16 Ago 23) The Park Authority informs that, due to the dry season, some springs located near the bivouacs are dry. In particular, the springs of: Bocchetta di Campo Colma di Premosello Lidesh Ragozzale while in Mottac the reserve is now running out. We take this opportunity to remind you that the sp...

(Vogogna, 19 Set 22) The MuLM, the world's longest museum, of which the Park is a part with the emerging Pink Marble and Granite Museum in Mergozzo, is offering an extraordinary experience, completely free of charge, in the middle of Candoglia and Ornavasso marble quarries on Thursday 6 October. The event will be inclu...

(Vogogna, 30 Mag 22) We inform hikers that, from 8 to 12 June 2022, the largest bivouac at In la Piana will be closed because it will be used for the Chiovini Path, celebrating its 24th edition this year. The Chiovini Path is the trek that, every year, retraces the paths used by the partisans to escape from the roundup...

(Vogogna, 03 Mag 22) With the end of the health emergency, the bivouacs managed by the Park Authority are now fully usable again. However, we point out that: The toilet next to the Scaredi bivouac is closed, The toilet in the Colma di Premosello bivouac should not be used, due to lack of water, All the bivouacs lo...

(Torino, 02 Feb 22) From 27 to 30 September 2022, the 8th World Conference on Mountain Ungulates (WCMU) will be held in Cogne, as part of the events planned for the Park’s hundredth anniversary, organised by the Grand Paradiso and Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Parks, in collaboration with Foundation Grand Pa...

(Venaria Reale, 31 Ott 21) We would like to remind visitors that, from 31/10/21, the day of the solar time return, the Park will close at 5.00 p.m. We remind you that the Park will be closed to the public in the event of snow, wind, heavy and persistent rain. Before going to the Park, in the event of bad weather, we suggest...

(Vogogna, 20 Ott 21) Warning: due to the ongoing pandemic, accessing all Park's bivouacs is forbidden, except in cases of proven emergency. Furthermore, we inform you that: The bivouac located in Pian di Boit is currently entrusted to the Società Cooperativa Valgrande for building operations, therefore the acces...

(Lanzo Torinese, 16 Ott 21) Today is the inauguration of the Ceronda Mountain Bike Ring Route (ACM), a bike touring itinerary that extends for about 80 km starting from Lanzo Torinese, crossing the hills along the Stura di Lanzo and then climbing up the valleys of the Ceronda and Casternone torrents. It climbs in altitude unti...